Best games of 2019 (so far)

This list of the best games of the year so far is already so strong, it feels like a proper endof-2019 Game of the Year list. I even had to cut some perfectly deserving games because we ran out of space. And it’s only going to get worse from here, with high-profile releases such as Doom Eternal and Control still to come in 2019. And then 2020’s spring gauntlet of Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light 2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, Watch Dogs Legion, and on and on.

Good years ahead. But before we get there, let’s take a moment to recount the best games of 2019 so far – maybe some you played, and probably at least a few you haven’t gotten around to yet.

Baba is You

Price: £11.39 inc VAT from fave.co/303dGhv

Baba is You is a fiendish puzzler with simple rules. So simple, in fact, they’re laid out for you to see. Every